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Key to the Paraplatyptilia species of eastern Canada with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Bernard Landry  and
Cees Gielis
Bernard Landry*
Affiliation:
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, C.P. 6434, CH-1211 Genève 6, Switzerland
Cees Gielis
Affiliation:
Mr. Haafkensstraat 36, 4128 CJ Lexmond, the Netherlands
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

Paraplatyptilia atlanticasp. nov. is described as new from northwestern Newfoundland and the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. A key to the four species of Paraplatyptilia Bigot and Picard known to occur in eastern Canada (east of Manitoba) is provided.

Résumé

Les auteurs décrivent Paraplatyptilia atlanticasp. nov. du nord-ouest de Terre-Neuve et de la péninsule gaspésienne, Québec, Canada. Ils fournissent un tableau de détermination des quatre espèces de Paraplatyptilia Bigot et Picard retrouvées jusqu’à maintenant au Canada à l’est du Manitoba.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 140 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 143 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2008

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